From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 14 15:39:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66FFB15347 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:39:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FMR000HY8BTI0@mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net> for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:38:21 -0600 (CST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA07933; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:40:43 -0600 (CST envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:40:43 -0600 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? In-reply-to: <99Dec15.073843est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> To: Peter Jeremy Cc: Donn Miller , current@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19991214174043.X868@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: <2177.945155945@zippy.cdrom.com> <3855F364.E66EC87B@cvzoom.net> <99Dec15.073843est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 15, 1999, Peter Jeremy wrote: > Firstly, size: One of sysinstall's requirements is that it fit (along > with a variety of other related commands) onto a floppy disk. Last > time I checked, the /stand bundle (sysinstall + friends) was ~640K. > The smallest X-server (XF86_VGA16) is 1.7MB (plus libraries). I don't > have either Qt or Lesstif installed, but from previous dealings with > Motif, it's several times the size of the Xserver. Unless we want to > mandate the use of ZIP drives (or similar) as FreeBSD install > floppies, we're limited to a syscons (or VTxxx) sysinstall. If it comes down to it, and Jordan's idea for the pkg installation really does/can apply to the actual OS installer, what we could do is have a statically linked, stripped, gzipped X server (though I haven't seen how small VGA16 can be at that point), and a small Xt frontend linked with the installer somehow (depending on what Jordan has in mind), for those with size concerns. Hopefully this won't be the default for things like CDs, however. :) -- |Chris Costello |Eunuchs, the non-gender-specific OS `------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message